Well, pretty darn good actually. Good ole Marine Corps training I guess. Of course being from Ky originally, I had to learn all about what the funny knob on the rear sight in boot camp. We were the first platoon/series to get the A2 back in 85 and we had an extended time on the range. Folks from Colt, Marine Corps rifle team etc. where there, so we got some really good instruction. Funny thing was that when I got to my first unit, I was issued and A1 and couldn't make heads or tails of the rear sight. Fortunately, I got issued a brand spankin new a2 about a month before going to the range again. 7 award expert, Scout Sniper school grad as well. Yeah, I can shoot a little bit. In fact I shoot quite a bit, more than most folks I'd say. My Noveske/Larue combo came by way of a Level 2 operator from Bragg, one of his personal toys he built last year. DNC compensater/break is really the nicest thing about that piece. No muzzle climb, no reccovery time between shots, even in the offhand. I added a hydraulic buffer and Leoupold CQ/T scope, and is without a doubt the nicest ar type weapon I've ever had. It's just that it's so damn sexy, I hate to bang it around in CQB training. It's alomst boring to shoot. Keyhole shots at 100m (from the sitting position, loose sling) using M855 through a 1/8 16" barrel ain't to bad for an AR type weapon. On a forward advance on a stationary set of targets it does very well also. That DNC really make a difference with such a heavy load and the CQT has the best eye relief/aquistion I have ever found in an optic. In fact, I don't use any other type anymore. I also run the FAB industries foregrip with a green laser (hey, it looks cool) it has a great feel to and is a rock solid mount on the Larue 13.2 set up.
Grouping grows to about 3.5 inches at 500m (prone) but I'm ok with that.
But this is about a good low cost upper. Not this high priced setup.
If you ever get down to SC, look me up and I'll let you shoot one of my Blackthorne kits, I do run the DNC's on all of them though, that adds about 100.00 to weapon.
Maybe others have had bad luck with Blackthorne, but personally, I've been very satisfied.
On the Pic, I don't have a million digital images of my stuff, but perhaps in the next day or so I will take the time to do so.
I do all the props/weapons on the tv show "army wives" and am getting ready to start a movie here in Charleston. It's an SF movie and we are just getting all the kit together for an ODA team. So time is short these days.